Sandusky lawyer inadvertently touts gay sex phone line

BELLEFONTE, Pa. >> A lawyer for a former Penn State assistant football coach accused of molesting boys says he didn't mean to refer to a gay sex phone line when he said anyone who believes university officials thought his client raped a 10-year-old boy and did little about it should call 1-800-REALITY.

The phrase is one attorney Joseph Amendola says he's used for years to mean "get a life." But the phone number is a sex line for gay and bi-curious men.

Amendola's quip came Tuesday after his client Jerry Sandusky waived his preliminary hearing on 52 child sex abuse-related charges. It outraged some of the accusers and advocates for victims of abuse.

Amendola says he didn't know the number was real and vows not to use it again.